Computer Science & Coding Big Fat Notebook

 There are so many reasons for kids to learn computer science. They can make their own websites! They can understand the fundamentals of coding. They can learn how to read, write and use code in Scratch, Python, HTML, CSS. Big Fat Notebooks present all the big ideas of this big topic, even complicated ones, in easy-to-follow text and layouts, with humor and plenty of winks. Author Grant Smith, a former Computer Science teacher and district administrator, served on the Computer Science Teachers Association task force that wrote and revised the newest Computer Science standards for K-12, so this book meets up-to-the-minute standards—which makes it helpful to teachers, too. Whether a kid is a passionate extracurricular programmer who wants to know everything there is about computer science or if they are struggling to understand what's being taught in middle school Computer Science or Tech class, this book has what they're looking for. This Big Fat Notebook makes it all “sink in” with key concepts, mnemonic devices, definitions, diagrams, and doodles to help you understand computer science concepts including: Computing systems, Binary code, Algorithms, Computational thinking, Loops, events, and procedures, Programming in Scratch and Python, Boolean Expressions, Web development, Cybersecurity, HTML, CSS, and more! 576 pages, 8.1" x 1.3"